Manager (Staff Scientist), Packaging and Food Contact

 

Manager (Staff Scientist), Packaging and Food Contact  – Remote

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Manager (Staff Scientist), Packaging and Food Contact  to join our Assuris team remotely. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in food packaging related regulations.

Intertek Assuris is an unparalleled team of industry-leading experts providing science-based assurance in quality, safety, and sustainability. Our global network of scientists, engineers, and regulatory specialists provides support to navigate complex scientific, regulatory, environmental, health, safety, and quality challenges throughout the value chain. Through our regulatory, scientific and industry insights, we empower companies with solutions designed to enable market access, assess and mitigate risk, preserve and promote human health, and protect the environment. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee the notifications process of new food contact substances according to global regulatory requirements such as US FDA, EU EFSA, China, etc.
• Author food contact notifications or petitions for submission to global regulatory authorities.
• Communicate with global regulatory authorities regarding food contact submissions.
• Develop regulatory strategies for obtaining compliance by interpreting existing regulations and understanding the information required to complete food contact assessments globally.
• Act as project manager for food contact notification projects from the initiation to completion.
• Manage project expectations with clients and communicate the food contact submission process with relevant stakeholders.
• Participating in conference calls with clients to understand deliverables and project timelines.
• Conducting food contact compliance reviews of complex food packaging products.
• Review and provide feedback on peer-authored reports.
• Developing analytical testing protocols to obtain appropriate test data to support regulatory compliance reviews and notification submissions.
• Ongoing communication with internal analytical labs to ensure testing is completed accurately and promptly.
• Staying up to date with the dynamic food contact regulations. 
• Collaborate with internal toxicologists to support food contact notification submissions and compliance projects.
• Perform dietary exposure calculations.

 

 Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree - PhD or MS Degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent; Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or Polymer Science background preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in packaging and global food contact regulations preferred but not required.
• Experience in managing or supporting notifications for food contact is preferred but not required.
• Understanding of global food contact regulations, Food Contact Notifications, and FDA No Objection Letter Submission Processes; preferred but not required
• Experience within the Packaging Industry or relevant trade organizations.
• Experience understanding and interpreting analytical chemistry data and reports.
• Experience communicating with analytical testing laboratories to support food contact notification and compliance projects.
• Extremely beneficial: Experience in communicating with laboratories and the FDA. 

 Requirements 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to listen effectively. Ability to author high-quality accurate project reports and proposals. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to deliver high-level presentations to relevant stakeholders. 
• Ability to communicate highly technical topics to a broad range of stakeholders who may or may not have a technical background.
• Ability to promote an effective working relationship at all levels and create a positive work environment, including the ability to collaborate with others in a team-based project environment. 
• Ability to know when, to whom, and how to influence projects and personnel to facilitate business growth. 
• Must be able to manage effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. 
• Project management knowledge and skills
• Ability to prioritize work a